The second thing is that over the last 15 years of habit making it has become very plain thatmaking religious habits is not a profitable affair. The costs of runningthe business never go down; they consistently go up. Several of youhave suggested a "Donate" button on the web site but that did notappeal to me and so I deferred doing that. Several have also saidthat lower quality material be used for the habits and I refuse to lower the quality of the work I do. I have never had an overall price increase in the 15 years I have been making habits. I do not see that doing so would be a substantive help. However, the need to do something grows and I have therefore posted a "Donate" button on the site. It is here for anyone who wishes to assist in the effort to continue to have quality religious habits made and worn by those dedicated to lives symbolized by these beautiful garments. I enjoy this work and have no intention of giving it up. As long as it is possible to continue to make habits I will do so.

There are two messages that need to be stated: first is the currentwait time. Right now, due to my inability to pay skilled help or even tofind such help, the sewing is done by myself alone. Add to this the cleaning, maintenance, paper work, etc. of this business and the result is a wait time of about five months, give or take two weeks either way. I regret this but the situation is what it is.